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by LinuxBender 642 days ago
Pagers are receive-only

This has not been true for some time. Pagers attach to a network in the same way a cell phone does. It is true they are more reliable in the receive only sense, as they can receive the broadcast message in the area they last attached to and the acknowledgment is not required to see the message but they do indeed transmit.

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Not these pagers
Yes, almost certainly HA was running a POCSAG network.